So... After five episodes, I have to say...this show is starting to lose
me.I understand that the TV adaptation needs to change from the book, but
at this point, they seem to just be changing things for the sake of changing things, and it's starting to get a little annoying.

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So... After five episodes, I have to say...this show is starting to lose me.I understand that the TV adaptation needs to change from the book, but at this point, they seem to just be changing things for the sake of changing things, and it's starting to get a little annoying.

I haven't read the book, but I'm keen to know what's been changed.

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On 27 May 23 08:59:43 Abbub wrote...

So... After five episodes, I have to say...this show is starting to
lose me.I understand that the TV adaptation needs to change from the
book, but at this point, they seem to just be changing things for the
sake of changing things, and it's starting to get a little annoying.

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To which Commodore Clifford replies...

I haven't seen that one yet... (and probably won't) but as a generic observation, that's usually where a show looses me too.

You chose to base something off a book for a reason. Changing it just to
say you changed it? Why not just come up with your own original story.
Those who are watching it because of the book will just be upset and
those who aren't familiar with the book won't care either way.

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I haven't read the book, but I'm keen to know what's been changed.

There is no 'Judicial' in the books. There's IT. I have a guess as to why
I think they may have introduced Judicial, but I can't really talk about
it without spoilers.

Juliette spent *very* little time as Sheriff, and her time there was not the makings of a police procedural, which is what they appear to be doing. There were no 'relics' in the book, because the founders of the silo were *way* to careful to let that happen. There was another means in which infomation about the past was conveyed in the books, which was much more interesting.

There are a lot of little things that just seem strange changes to
make...the whole conversation about stars (not knowing what the lights in the sky were, the prohibition on magnification (though that seems like an interesting idea, when you find out what's really going on, it seems like a rule that would cause more trouble than its worth in the grand scheme of things.)

Part of what bothers me is that the book moves *fast*. Juliette should be in
a completely different situation five episodes in.

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Silo is a new series on Apple TV. I am watching the premier episode right now. They have a BBS in it. Decent cast too.

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Silo is a new series on Apple TV. I am watching the premier episode right now. They have a BBS in it. Decent cast too.

Yeah, I watched the first episode last night. My memory of the book is not 100%, but it (the TV show) is definitely close enough that as things were happening, I was starting to remember elements of the plot. Agreed. The cast
is solid. Those CRT's on stands are pretty cool, too.

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I remember most of the plot... banished to death, but please
polish the outside cameras with this bit of wool before you go
off and die in the exposed outside....
-andy

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On 08 May 2023 at 11:34p, Ganiman pondered and said...

Silo is a new series on Apple TV. I am watching the premier episode
right now. They have a BBS in it. Decent cast too.

I don't have Apple TV but have heard good things about this show.

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